The press will print a limited number of 140 text blocks of The Raven. When the final page is printed, the metal type will be redistributed and no reprints will be made. The Press will keep 25 blocks for replacements and contributor distribution: "Artist's Copy", "Binder's Copy", and "Publisher's Copy" 

115 text blocks will be used to create two states of The Raven:

Fine edition

 100 copies will be for sale in our fine edition binding "1-100", and 10 text blocks will be for sale in unbound sheets "U1-U10". 

Custom Edition

The Press will work with a maximum of 5 patrons to create a unique binding.

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Handset in 12D Garamond stempel with drop caps in 36D Garamond stempel. This font was chosen to allow gradual tightening of wordspaces and leading to follow the narrator into despair.

​Newly cast metal type by Rainer Gerstenberg

Printed on a hand-fed Korrex Berlin proof press on Fabriano Tiepolo 290gsm  mould-made paper.

Wood engravings by Tatsuki Tsukada

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1 frontispiece

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Each of the 8 verso pages will hold a unique woodengraving for the corresponding stanzas on the recto page.

The text blocks will be bound by Thekla Ahrens, bookbinder and conservator in Biezenmortel, The Netherlands

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Still in design phase. We are aiming for the binding to lay flat while openend.